had a thought of confetti ice cream. All those pretty pastel dots in vanilla. Seems wonderful.
Many cultures have tossed grains and sweets during special occasions dating from ancient times. The adaption to paper came about through the centuries.
What does history tell us? That Northern Italy had carnival parades where they threw objects at the crowd - mud balls, eggs, coins or fruit.
That seems a tradition with its pros and cons. The tradition That seems to be the history in Italy - of sweet and sour - the nobles throwing candies and flowers and the lower-class people mocking them by throwing rotten eggs.
Our story takes a turn in 1875 in the province of Milan. It was one of the main hubs of silk manufacturing. Mangili, a businessman, begun collecting the small punched paper disks that were left as a byproduct from the production of the holed sheets used by the silkworm breeders as cage bedding, and selling them for profit. The new paper confetti was well received by the customers, being less harmful, funnier and cheaper than the alternatives, and their use quickly replaced previous customs in Milan and northern Italy.
Today you can get a package of confetti in the shape of 2023 - black silver, multi-coloured. You can get a confetti printed home accessory or clothing item. These are cheerful items. There are confetti collectors and collections. You can imagine there must be some huge confetti cannons shooting vast amounts of confetti at various celebrations, making records. There was a recent news story of activists who disrupted Wimbledon by throwing confetti onto the grass. There are a lot of Guinness World Records that when made/broken are celebrated with confetti all around.
Could there be a self-referencing world record for this - Guinness World Records organization has the most confetti celebrations in the world.
It is another picket fence in the Grimsby garden day.
